Recently I've been playing with the idea of writing a sci-fi book. ...and that's mostly it. I don't know what could be the next step, except actually writing t

Recently I've been playing with the idea of writing a sci-fi book. ...and that's mostly it. I don't know what could be the next step, except actually writing the thing. Are there websites/communities? I don't follow nor know of any relevant ones myself. Start with short stories? Or something longer? Self-publish whatever I write? Or start spamming "real publishers"? When I was younger I read a monthly science fiction magazine in the library. That magazine had all kinds of short stories ranging from hardcore space sci-fi to some kind of horror fantasy things. Some stories were so interesting that it was a bit frustrating for the story to stop after only a few pages.